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U.S. News & World Report Ranks ChristianaCare No. 1 in Delaware
For its Delaware hospitals, ChristianaCare has been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2024-2025 Best Hospitals as a High Performing hospital for 13 conditions and two procedures. High Performing is the highest distinction a hospital can earn for U.S. News’ Best Hospitals Procedures & Conditions ratings. ChristianaCare is also ranked as the […] The post U.S. News ... Read More
Delaware gets 'F' for senior health care cost, access, quality in latest report
A SeniorLiving.org report gave Delaware an 'F' for senior health care cost, access and quality. Delaware was among six states that received failing grades. The First State faces a unique challenge in this regard given its rapidly aging population and shortage of medical professionals. Delaware, where estimates show those 60...
Newark man born with cleft palate aims to use his story to inspire others
Born with a cleft lip and cleft palate, Sam Rosen was often bullied and stigmatized growing up. “Every single person I met growing up, I had to explain my face,” Rosen said. “It was never just like, 'How you are? What's your name? Where are you from?' Most of the time it was like, 'What's on your lip? What happened to you? Was it an accident?'” This weekend, the 30-year-old...
15 Del. students make top 10 in national STEM competition
More than a dozen Delaware students finished in the top 10 of a national conference designed to test their skills and creativity in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The 2024 National TSA Conference was a five-day competition in Orlando that finished on the last day of June, and the Delaware Technology Student Association (DETSA) recently announced the successes of ... Read More
AARP Policy Expert Shannon Guzman Visits Delaware to Keynote at Transportation Policy Forum
The "Collaborative Policy Forum: Delaware's Changing Landscape" addressed critical transportation issues facing the state's growing aging population on Wednesday, July 17th, from 8:30 am to noon at the Audion of the STAR Campus in Newark, DE. The forum, co-hosted by the Institute for Public Administration at the University of Delaware's...
Newark Police search for driver in hit and run
Newark Police Department responded to the area of northbound South College Avenue, in the area of Plymouth Drive Tuesday morning for a seriously injured 67 year old man. New Castle County Police had found the man and believe that he had been struck by a vehicle at around 5:30 a.m.
Gun lobbyists' appeal denied, school mental health funds, wineries guide
It’s two-for-Tuesday, so here are two stories about celebrity sightings in Delaware. Summer is the busiest time of year for planning vacations and shorter get-aways. But did you know Delaware is home to the second cheapest U.S. city to visit, according to a new report?. Are you getting excited...
University of Delaware student targeted in sextortion crime; expert talks cyber safety
A University of Delaware student is the latest victim of a crime that officials say has spread across college campuses: criminals demanding a ransom to stop them from releasing explicit photos of the victim.Combining sexual photos with extortion, the crime has come to be known as "sextortion."Iyanna Register was one of the University of Delaware students who received the alert that went out via email early Tuesday morning."It says something along the lines of there was extortion involved where people were sending pictures and 'Oh you have to give me money,'" noted Register.The student who was victimized reported the sextortion...
Pro boxer indicted for 2nd time in crash that killed N.J. woman
It’s been nearly five years since a Gloucester County woman was killed in a head-on crash with a vehicle driven by a professional boxer who was later indicted on a vehicular homicide charge. A grand jury has now indicted the driver for a second time in the case. Robert...
Louis Albertrani, Trainer of Champion Artax, Dies at 67
Retired trainer Louis Albertrani, who conditioned 1999 champion sprinter Artax, died July 13 at his home in New Castle, Del., at the age of 67. Albertrani's brother, Tom, also a retired trainer, said the cause of death appeared to be a heart attack. "It was a sudden passing, one that...
Archived: Help Identify Hit-and-Run Driver on Duncan Road
On Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at 8:47 A.M., officers responded to the 2100 block of Duncan Road for an accident. The female driver, pictured here, was driving a gray Honda Civic, also shown in the photo, when she struck another car and fled the scene. Do you recognize this person or this car? If so, contact OFC. Silverman at (302) 485-4660 or via email @caroline.silverman@newcastlede.gov.
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